Illinois state Senate approves drivers licenses for illegal immigrants

Illinois state Senate approves drivers licenses for illegal immigrants
Tue, Dec 04 16:01 PM EST
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Dec 4 (Reuters) - The Illinois state Senate voted on Tuesday to allow illegal immigrants to obtain temporary drivers licenses, and sent to the House the measure that would make Illinois the most populous U.S. state to allow such licenses.

Only Washington state and New Mexico allow drivers licenses for illegal immigrants, while Utah allows driving permits.

Republican leaders in the Illinois state legislature earlier on Tuesday announced their support for the proposal, after Hispanics voted overwhelmingly for Democrats in the November election.

Illinois has some 2 million Hispanics, according to the 2010 Census, and lawmakers said there are an estimated 250,000 illegal immigrants in the state.

The proposal passed the Senate by a vote of 41 to 14. It now must go to the House for approval, and must be signed into law by Democratic Governor Pat Quinn, who has not yet stated his position. (Reporting By Joanne von Alroth; Editing by Greg McCune)


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Awesome news.

Nice.

Im in Illinois and i'm thrilled, my parents and family all would benefit.

HOWEVER

I don't like this bill and I don't want it to pass unless one thing is changed about it.
It seems like they are making it out to be that eveyone will get licenses and there wont be any differences
bla bla bla.
BUT they are going to give us TEMPORARY driver's licenses that actually are distinct from the ones
citizens get in the state.
Also they can't be used for Identification. I know that people who don't know this detail and go apply for it will be disappointed when they try using it as an ID.
Not only that but the driver's licenses given to citizens in Illinois are red in color. These will be purple.

They're different and will give away who's illegal and not.

this article explains what im talking about: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/12/...-license-plan/

something is better than nothing,

these are the ones that will be given

and these are the normal ones given to everyone else.

Notice the differences?

I cracked the code! The black guy is illegal and the white guy is citizen. jk

Haha! No but really, let's make a scenario here:
Suppose you're pulled over by some racist cop. He sees your license and 1. It's a TVDL which looks different than the normal ones and 2. You look hispanic so he makes the assumption you're illegal.
It makes the cop's job so much easier to filter through the undocumented driver's and the citizens.

contradictory not valid for identification and yet it has your picture ??? !!!

Im saying!